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On Wednesday, Ken Sim will direct staff to make brutal cuts to the City's budget - putting the services you and I rely on at risk.

We need to stand up to him.

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We deserve a government that is stable, thoughtful, and predictable.

What we’ve got with Ken Sim and his enablers in ABC is a political roller coaster.

Instead of leadership, performance and politics.

On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we acknowledge we have a responsibility to build a future based on reconciliation, decolonization, and the recognition of Indigenous rights.

A better future for everyone who lives on these lands.

City of Vancouver shutters Equity Office The City of Vancouver has closed down its Equity Office, according to an internal email viewed by CTV News.

ABC's cuts are already starting. We can't allow this to continue. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Big cuts are coming to Vancouver City Hall. Will they be 'reckless' or the cost-saving efficiency Ken Sim has long promised? ABC Vancouver is looking to cut about $100 million from the city’s operating budget, and potentially hundreds of jobs, in search of savings.

They’re doing this to save their political skins after three years of floundering, and if this comes to pass, we’re all going to suffer the consequences.

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Vancouver Sun Big cuts are coming to Vancouver City Hall. Will they be 'reckless' or the cost-saving efficiency Ken Sim has long promised? Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is directing city staff to find millions in savings, which could mean slashing hundreds of jobs. He says "there’s room to be more disciplined in how the city operates." His rivals call the proposed cuts "reckless."

It’s underappreciated just how radical ABC's budget proposal is. It requires deep, deep cuts.

If they are approved, it’s impossible to tell what’s on the chopping block. Libraries? Community centres? Investments that improve public safety?

I don’t know - and I don’t think ABC knows, either.

…while Rebecca Bligh of the NPA said she was also influenced by the fact that the townhouse project would damage the “iconic look” of Granville Street with its large single-family homes and tall hedges and oak trees.

Rebecca Bligh just announced she wants to be Mayor.

She's had some ups and downs as councilor, but I'll always remember her Shaughnessy votes: voting against rental townhomes there (citing the "iconic look" of its hedges) and against OneCity's motion to legalize more housing in Shaughnessy.

Rebecca Bligh voted to slash wages for workers, to block rental housing in wealthy neighbourhoods, and to oppose common sense tools to properly fund our schools.

We need a progressive mayor on the ballot to deliver the change Vancouver needs. And we’ll get one. More soon.

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Vancouver council pushing for more vertical farms City council voted on a motion to establish vertical farms in under-utilized spaces such as office buildings and apartments.

I was so pleased to have unanimous support for my & Cllr Orr’s motion to streamline approvals processes for vertical farming businesses in Vancouver. @seanorr.bsky.social @onecityvan.bsky.social @copevancouver.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vi...

I live in a 3 storey condo building on a quiet side street that was built in the 70s, and I love it. It’s green and peaceful, but mere steps to the transit and shopping of a major road. Allowing up to 6 floors wouldn’t be a significant change, and would open this up to more people

This is so disappointing. This means us poorer folks that can’t afford luxury detached housing is still artificially blocked from nice quiet streets by archaic city zoning.

"OneCity knows we are in a housing crisis. ABC disagrees. We won’t get real action on housing until the voters make themselves heard next year." Lucy Maloney City Councillor, OneCity Vancouver

The next civic election is on Saturday, October 17, 2026.

ABC VOTES TO KEEP YOU STUCK ON NOISY, BUSY STREETS Governing party votes to bury motion that would have unlocked thousands of family-friendly homes on quiet streets

Ken Sim and ABC have voted to bury Lucy Maloney’s motion that would have brought six floors and corner stores to side streets across Vancouver, unlocking thousands of family-friendly homes.

Support more housing along bike routes and by parks! Here's how: - Peter Waldkirch Webzone Lucy Maloney's (OneCity) motion to legalize housing by parks and bike routes is housing and climate action. Here's how you can support it!

IMPORTANT: Here in Vancouver on Sept 17th, City Council will consider a motion by Councillor @lucymaloney.bsky.social directing Staff to look at allowing 6-storey apts & retail at corners along active transport streets & around parks. This idea should have been done 10+ years ago.

Please support.

Harry Potter™: A Forbidden Forest Experience coming this fall to Stanley Park September 3 2025 – The Vancouver Park Board is pleased to announce that a new special event is coming to Stanley Park this fall. For the first time in Canada, Harry Potter Fans™ of all ages will have an opportunity to explore a spellbinding illuminated trail inspired by the iconic Forbidden Forest.

I support a democratically elected park board. Part of democracy is ensuring that the government’s decisions match the city’s values.

Vancouver is a city for all its people. Trans people included. I am calling on the Park Board to rethink this event and make this right.

Out on the picket line today with @bcgeu.bsky.social.

If you work, you should be able to live in dignity and security. Public service workers, like all workers, shouldn’t need second and third jobs just to get by.

If you find yourself by a picket line, remember: don’t cross it!

We won’t stop fighting until Vancouver is a place working people can truly afford and call home.

A depiction of CUPW workers on the picket line, along with Lucy Maloney, with the caption "Vancouver: built by workers."

Today we honour the generations of workers who make this city run. ✊

Working people continue to build and care for this city every single day. From teachers to transit operators, library and service staff, city staff to community care workers — your labour should be respected.

B.C. says it will strengthen oversight of municipal governments The B.C. government says it will explore implementing mandatory codes of conduct for local governments and strengthening enforcement.

There’s a loophole in the Code of Conduct so big you could fit a self-deleting group chat in it.

Proud to join with @copevancouver.bsky.social and @vangreens.bsky.social to close it.

B.C. municipal council votes unanimously to ask Ottawa to impose arms embargo on Israel | CBC News Councillors in Burnaby, B.C., have unanimously passed a motion that asks the federal government to impose a two-way arms embargo on Israel amid the current war in Gaza.

Deep gratitude for our courageous neighbours in Burnaby for their leadership last night.

The ongoing genocide and imposed famine Israel is carrying out in Gaza threatens our universal dignity and humanity; we stand in solidarity with everyone affected.

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If Ken Sim respected the role of the Integrity Commissioner, he wouldn't have tried to fire her while under investigation.

It’s clear that Ken Sim and his ABC enablers would prefer to have Council be a rubber stamp for their private agenda.

No wonder they tried to fire the Integrity Commissioner. She's a constant reminder that the people of this city who oppose their agenda deserve to be heard.

Councillor Lucy Maloney being interviewed by the CBC on East 49th. A bus passes, reading "SORRY BUS FULL".

PS - while I was speaking to the CBC about ABC's transit inaction, a 49 bus showed up - and it was full. Talk about ironic

Councillor Lucy Maloney standing next to a sign that reads 316 years and 52 days, marking the length of time commuters have been stuck in traffic since ABC passed a bus lanes motion.

Your time is valuable. But ABC is wasting it. Instead of building bus lanes, they're chasing pet projects and planning a budget that will require big cuts. It's time for a city government that is ready to invest in transit and get us moving.

Yesterday, at a ‪@movementyvr.bsky.social‬ rally, we celebrated the dubious anniversary of ABC passing a motion for new bus lanes on 49th Avenue and other routes.

One year later we've seen no action - and since then, commuters have spent a collective 316 years and 52 days delayed by traffic.

This is ridiculous. If you can't afford $$$ private lessons then your kids can't learn to swim.

Vancouver Sun Vancouver parents blocked from teaching their kids to swim in public pools Frustrated parents say enforcement of a vague city policy has prevented them from teaching their own children to swim, even as demand for lessons outstrips supply By Sarah Grochowski Published Aug 22, 2025

This is ridiculous. During the by-election I heard over and over again about how hard it is to find swimming lessons.

Too many kids are falling through the cracks. If parents can't teach their kids how to swim in our public pools, how are they supposed to learn?

Vancouver Sun B.C. Conservatives register new municipal party ahead of next year’s local elections The municipal Conservative Party was registered by David Denhoff, deputy director for the B.C. Conservatives, Elections B.C. records show By Dan Fumano Published Aug 21, 2025

We look forward to handing both the municipal Conservatives and their cousins in ABC another defeat next year.

Congratulations to Air Canada flight attendants on reaching a tentative agreement!

This is a historic victory over unpaid work, and in defense of all of our Charter rights.

Every worker deserves a living wage for every single hour they work.